Co-ordinated health care lauded

We would like to thank Dr. Joanne Sivertson (April 11) for bringing the notion of the Patient’s Medical Home (PMH) into the discussion of improving patient care in Saskatchewan through interprofessional collaboration.

The goal of the PMH is for every family practice in each community across Canada to be able to offer comprehensive, co-ordinated, and continuing care to their populations through a family physician working with health-care teams.

Each PMH practice is developed to offer the services that meet the needs of its own patient community. Depending on those needs, teams may involve nurses, pharmacists, and other health-care providers, who work together in one centre or virtually.

Communication and collaboration between the members of the teams allows achieving the best results, while keeping the needs and preferences of the patient firmly in the centre.

This collaboration, highlighted in Sivertson’s article serves as a necessary requirement for effective and co-ordinated care received by the patients that leverages the knowledge of multiple health professionals in delivering the right care at the right time.

We look forward to working with our partners in primary care as we move toward better care for all our patients.

Learn more at patientsmedicalhome.ca Dr. Danielle Cutts BA, MD, CCFP, FCFP

President, Saskatchewan College of Family Physicians